Mills Brothers Collection 1931-52 CD

The Mills Brothers were one of the most important and influential vocal groups in 20th century popular music, bringing together styles and techniques that embraced gospel, doowop, ragtime, jazz and more to build an extraordinary career that spanned over half a century and more than 2,000 recordings. Their unique ability not only to harmonise so expertly, but also to re-create the sound of wind instruments with their voices, enabled them to exploit the "Four Men And A Guitar" formula to generate a string of hits through the decades that spanned WWII. This great value 54-track 2-CD set, which does not duplicate any recordings included on our existing Fabulous releases ('Sweet Harmony' FABCD160 and 'London Sessions' 1934-39 FABCD252) is drawn from their wealth of repertoire from their early recordings in 1931 through to their final Top 10 hit in 1952, and admirably showcases their unmatched talent.

1. Nobody's Sweetheart 2. You Rascal You 3. How'm I Doin', Hey Hey 4. I Heard 5. Goodbye Blues 6. Chinatown, My Chinatown 7. Loveless Love 8. Bugle Call Rag 9. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 10. Doin' the New Low Down 11. Smoke Rings 12. That's Georgia 13. Swing It Sister 14. Sleepyhead 15. My Gal Sal 16. Rockin' Chair 17. I've Found a New Baby 18. Sweeter Than Sugar 19. Limehouse Blues 20. What's the Reason 21. Sweet Lucy Brown 22. Lulu's Back in Town 23. Sweet and Slow 24. Swing for Sale 25. Love Bug Will Bite You 26. Rockin' Chair Swing 27. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree 28. Sweet Adeline 29. You Tell Me Your Dream and I'll Tell You Mine 30. Asleep in the Deep 31. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 32. Cherry 33. On the Banks of the Wabash 34. By the Watermelon Vine (Lindy Lou) 35. Lazy River 36. You Always Hurt the One You Love 37. Till Then 38. Put Another Chair at the Table 39. I Wish 40. When You Were Sweet Sixteen 41. I Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home 42. I'm Afraid to Love You 43. You Broke the Only Heart That Ever Loved You 44. Across the Alley from the Alamo 45. Dream, Dream, Dream 46. Gloria 47. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 48. I Love You So Much It Hurts 49. Daddy's Little Girl 50. Nevertheless 51. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 52. I Got Her Off My Hands (But I Can't Get Her Off My Mind) 53. Be My Life's Companion 54. Glow Worm